Under ‘Body Found,’ they have ‘No’ checked, but under ‘Autopsy Performed,’ they check ‘Yes.’ The immediate cause of death is listed as ‘undetermined,’ but that gets crossed out and under manner of death, ‘homicide’ is checked. The certificate was issued on November 10, 2005, even though the Calumet County coroner only received the bone fragments on the 9th. They filled out their portion of the documents positively identifying the remains as Halbach’s on December 5, six weeks before the bones were positively identified on January 19. These dates are important because Steven Avery was charged with murder on November 9, and in order to do that, there must be proof of death. So, it seems like the paperwork on Halbach’s death certificate was pushed through improperly so charges could be laid. As usual, a quick glance into how things were done show a serious lack of professional procedure being followed and a rush to shoehorn Avery as the guilty party.

On the more conspiratorial side, some have suggested that the death certificate and charges were rushed in order to stop the depositions of District Attorney Denis Vogel (who ignored evidence that Gregory Allen was guilty of the 1985 crime Avery went to prison for) and Sheriff Tom Kocourek (who allegedly buried a 1985 phone call that proved Avery was innocent). You can read all about the gross misconduct in the 1985 case here. Kocourek was scheduled to be deposed on November 10, and Vogel on November 15. The depositions did not go forward after Avery was charged for murder.

This case is all kinds of f****. I’m guessing more and more inconsistencies will continue to pop up with all the millions of people who are now paying attention to what went on during and leading up to the trial.

When reporting please make sure it is correct. The certificate says body found (24 hours or more …) and that is checked NO. Meaning the body was found within 24 hours of death would mean she could not have died Oct 31 as claimed. Also when Halbachs bones where supposedly found they were sifted, boxed, and sent to Dane County experts not Calumet County. In other words expert testimony testified they had the bones on Nov 9 and 10 in Madison WI.

There is so much wrong with this article, I don’t know where to begin.
First, the article you cite from January 19th were the FBI results of the DNA testing. The state of WI did testing well before that that said the chances that the remains were not Halbach’s were one in 1 billion. So it makes sense that the death certificate says homicide. Also, examining human bones is considered an autopsy. It’s not the classical autopsy that people think of but it was an autopsy.